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Royal Proclamation of 1763: official transcript
Read the Crown's proclamation concerning colonial administration, land and dealings with First Nations. The publisher explains the transcript's printed source and its relationship to Treaty-making and section 25 of the Constitution Act, 1982.
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- Publisher / custodian
- Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
- Source date
- 1763-10-07; federal reproduction of the 1763 King's Printer text
- Source type
- Primary document
- Format
- Text
- Regions
- Canada
- Peoples / communities
- First Nations addressed in the document
Read with context
A Crown proclamation is evidence of Crown policy, not a statement authored by First Nations or a complete account of Indigenous laws and diplomacy.
Questions to investigate
- Identify which parts concern land transactions and consent.
- Compare this Crown document with the Confederacy's Treaty principles.
Access and reuse
- Access
- link-only
- Rights / reuse
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- Record checked
- 2026-09-30
Opened official HTML; publisher identifies reproduction from the original proclamation printed by Mark Baskett in London in 1763 and gives source note.
Copy-ready citation
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Royal Proclamation of 1763: official transcript. 1763-10-07; federal reproduction of the 1763 King's Printer text. https://www.rcaanc.gc.ca/eng/1370355181092/1607905122267. Record checked 2026-09-30.
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